Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-15
MORE BAD WEATHER.
Continuation of the Terrible Snow-storm
on the Hill.

on the Hill.
Dispatches received yesterday from points
in the upper half of the State showed that
at almost all localities the storm was still
prevailing. At Montague and vicinity, on
the upper end of the California and Oregon
Railroad, there appeared to be cessation
of hostilities, and few other places re-
ported the weather to be no more than
cloudy, but those instances were few. On
the hill snow continued to fall in great
quantity, down as far as Newcastle, and
the high wind caused it to drift into I'M
mense banks. For the first time in many
years the railroad company found the snow
too much for it, temporarily, and had 70
submit to a blockade; but the road would
without doubt have been kept open but Tor
an accident to the snow-piow in the vlcln-
ity of Blue Canyon, where it was oil the
track for several hours Sunday morn
ing, and soon after resumlng
work left the rails again and
could not be replaced until midnight. BY
that time snow had accumulated on the
track TO depth of from four feet up, and
when the pillow early in the morning started
out to clear the track to Alta, with four
locomotives pushing it, it got stalled near
China Ranch, and could neither go ahead
nor retreat. The extra pillow that has
always been kept at Alta, was sent to the
front " of the California and Oregon rail-
road about ten days ago, when that road
was in trouble because of snow. and In
consequence all that could be done tor the
plow at China Ranch yesterday was to dig
il out. and force OF 80 shovelers, includ
ing about 80 miners, who were enlisted IN
that locality. entered upon the work, ad-
vancing from near Alta Owing to the
fact that Division Superintendent Wright
has recently been seriously i'll, and IS
scarcely tough enough yet to stand the ex-
posure incident to fight with the elements
on the spot, he has directed operations
from his office by wire, while Assistant
Superintendent Urquhart is at the scene OF
warfare.
A snow plow, with seven engines behind
it, is waiting at Emigrant Gap to buck
at the snow between there and Blue Can
yon when the other pillow is itself again,
but it was not considered good policy for it
to start out to take the chances of getting
stalled or off the track while the lower
portion of the road is blocked. From pres
ent indications, the storm still prevailing,
and being so furious that many old noun
tain men say it is the most severe they
ever experienced, it will be good fortune if
the road is clear before tonight.
About II o'clock last night Superin-
tendent Wright received a dispatch that,
for the first time in several days, snow had
ceased falling at Blue Canyon and also at
the Summit. The barometer was rising
little, AID there was not much wind. These
favorable indications have inspired the
hope that the track will be clear before to-
night In addition TO the shovelers work
ing from this end easwardly, force of 100
or more, from the other side, will, shortly
after daylight this morning, start down the
hill with the plow from Emigrant Gap, and
make the snow fly from there to Blue Can
yon.
Dispatches received at the railroad Office
at A. NJ yesterday, showing the weather
during the previous twenty-four hours,
were as follows;
Sacramento Division C. P. r. R.
Truckee, showing hard between 4 and
feet of snow fallen. Summit, showing; 81
inches snow. Cisco, showing hard: 4 feet
of snow, Emigrant Gap, showing; feet.
Blue Canyon. showing hard; 3 feet. Col
fax, showing lightly; IA inches of snow on
the ground. Auburn, showing; Al inches
snow. Newcastle, cloudy; inch snow, 10
hours rain. Rocklin, cloudy; LIZ inches
rain.
California and Oregon R. R.-McCloud,
clear feet of snow on the rails. Delta,
clear 1:43 inches of rain fallen. Redding.
cloudy; rs of an inch of rain. Red Bluff,
| cloudy % of an inch. Tehama, raining /;
81 of an inch. Nord, cloudy; 10 of an
inch. Chico, cloudy; 81 of inch. Biggs,
cloudy; about 8 hours rain. Marysville,
raining 40 of an inch. Wheatland, rain
ing; 10 hours rain. Lincoln, raining y
hours rain.
California Pacific Railroad-South Val
leio, cloudy; .9S of an inch of rain fallen.
Napa, cloudy LIS inches. Calistoga,
cloudy; .S5 of an inch. Suisun, cloudy;
80 OF an inch. Elmira, cloudy; 80 of an
inch. Davisville, raining; .76 of an inch.
Woodland, cloudy; Al of an.nch. Dunni-
gan, cloudy; 81 of an inch. Williams,
cloudy; Willows, foggy: orland, rain
ing. Corning, raining; .05 of an inch.
Sergeant Barwick reports that the rain
fall for February, up to and including the
IL o'clock observation last night,
has been exceeded in the last
| thirty-seven years on but three oc-
casions; those years were 1854, 1867 and
| 1873, having $50 inches, 40 inches and
s o. inches respectively, while the present
fourteen days of this February has given
5T5 inches. Up to February Sd there had
been but 4.22 inches during this season,
/ and now the seasons rainfall Is over 9,9I
inches, while to an equal date last season
there was % inches. The river last year
at this time marked % feet , inches,
while the river yesterday noon was steady
at IS feet inches. At Colusa it was %
feet inch yesterday at IL a. NJ, and the
weather cloudy, with southerly winds.
| The highest and lowest temperature in Sac
ramento yesterday was 46o and 39o, with
easterly wind and showery weather. The
barometer fell rapidly night before last and
continued falling yesterday, reaching at I
o'clock last night 1903 inches, which is a
rise of only COZ of an inch since noon
yesterday. The temperature was as low at
/ O'Clock last night 1922 as it was at 4
o'clock yesterday morning.
Last evening the air was still and cold in
this city, and, being full of moisture, frost
made its appearance at an early hour upon
the sidewalks, which will probably be
quite white at daylight this morning.